Biology:Palaeodontidae

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Short description: Extinct family of jawless fishes

Palaeodontidae
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Palaeodontidae

Obruchev, 1964
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Palaeodontidae is an extinct family of thelodont vertebrate agnathans that lived during the Lower Ordovician. The dermal denticles of these thelodonts lack a neck or base and form simple orthodentine cones.[1]

References

  1. Obruchev, D. V. "Fundamentals of Paleontology. Vol. 11, Agnatha, Pisces. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1967." (1967): 825.

Wikidata ☰ Q104177809 entry